How well does your Front Entry Door insulate? If you can feel the breezes flowing through the bottom of the door, chances are that it is not insulating as well as it used to. New Front Entry Doors however, are designed with insulation in mind. Don’t let all of your energy flow out with the next breeze. Keep reading to learn more about front entry doors and how they may help you get a more energy efficient home.
New Front Entry Doors are measured to your home’s exact specifications. This means, when the door gets placed, it has the tightest seal possible. This means it is excellent at keeping out unwanted outside air. Since it protects so well against air infiltration, all the money you’re spending to pump A/C or Heat into your home will stay in and reduce your energy costs. In fact, new Front Entry Doors, like the ones we sell at Conservation Construction of Dallas, are so insulating they are known to save the average homeowner up to 40% off their total energy costs.
The doors we sell at Conservation Construction of Dallas are extremely insulating because of the material they are made up of and filled with. Our line of doors includes Steel and Fiberglass which are better at insulating than old wood doors. They are also foam-filled in-between the panels to ensure even more energy efficiency. Fiberglass door insulation contains thousands of tiny air pockets inside its structure. These pockets trap the air and disrupt the flow of heat, making the insulation a poor conductor of thermal energy. This means the heat doesn’t transfer to the inside of your home. How cool is that?
It may not seem like a very important part of the door but a poor bottom sweep can really affect the energy efficiency of a home. Door bottoms, also called door sweeps, are an inexpensive and effective way to increase draft protection in your home. Door sweeps and bottoms are attached to the bottom of your door to provide a physical barrier, typically rubber, against cold or hot that could seep through the crack between the door bottom and floor. At Conservation Construction we make custom bottom sweeps. They attach to the door to ensure the top-most protection against this kind of air infiltration.
With all the energy efficient properties already in the door your door should feel the same temperature as the inside of your home to the touch. You won’t have any problems with a hot front door in the sun any longer.
So as you can tell from all the information above, modern Front Entry Doors insulate quite well. They protect from heat transfer caused by sun, they keep out cold during the winter, and they shield against breezes with their supreme tight fit and work against air infiltration. If you are in need of a new Front Entry Door, don’t wait any longer. You can contact us today for your free quote. Please write below with what you found most interesting about the article. Thanks for reading and we will see you next week for another article.
